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"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." — Dr. Maya Angelou
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." — Dr. Maya Angelou
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Ok, new Common Sense just released. It's timely and pithy and hopefully you think it worth your time (and mine).
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
dts.podtrac.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Ok, new Common Sense just released. It's timely and pithy and hopefully you think it worth your time (and mine).
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
We called it: "Who's the Boss?"
dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
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Been thinking about how MAHA in its current articulation is a movement that allows them to harness people's real and justified anger at things like the betrayals of healthcare and insurance and turn it on scientists as scapegoats, by using conspiracy theories
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Been thinking about how MAHA in its current articulation is a movement that allows them to harness people's real and justified anger at things like the betrayals of healthcare and insurance and turn it on scientists as scapegoats, by using conspiracy theories
confidence has replaced competence across our information landscape
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
confidence has replaced competence across our information landscape
“The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story that the mind has managed to construct.”
—Daniel Kahneman
—Daniel Kahneman
October 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story that the mind has managed to construct.”
—Daniel Kahneman
—Daniel Kahneman
I can explain it only by a weakness of the scholarly mind that I have often observed in myself. I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws.
-Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024)
-Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024)
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I can explain it only by a weakness of the scholarly mind that I have often observed in myself. I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws.
-Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024)
-Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024)
When we lack real problems in our lives, our mind quickly sets out to imagine some. “We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” – Seneca
July 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When we lack real problems in our lives, our mind quickly sets out to imagine some. “We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” – Seneca
so much of what we call “morality” is actually just unexamined cultural preference
July 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
so much of what we call “morality” is actually just unexamined cultural preference
You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.
July 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.
Most problems aren’t problems. They’re just expectations you haven’t let go of yet.
July 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Most problems aren’t problems. They’re just expectations you haven’t let go of yet.
"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood". - Karl Popper
July 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood". - Karl Popper
Gustavo Arellano nails it…
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: 'We're all just a bunch of Josés': Vance's dig at Padilla is a new low
“José” is what Vance thinks of Alex. Anyone who thinks this was a slip of the tongue doesn't know their anti-Latino history.
www.latimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Gustavo Arellano nails it…
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Looking forward to the sequel, “Physicalists.”
June 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Looking forward to the sequel, “Physicalists.”
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
- Epictetus
- Epictetus
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
- Epictetus
- Epictetus
Jonathan Swift told us that you cannot reason people out of ideas that they were not reasoned into, and social media provides proof of that every day.
May 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Jonathan Swift told us that you cannot reason people out of ideas that they were not reasoned into, and social media provides proof of that every day.
Republican, Democrats Unite to Do Dumb, Bad Thing
“No tax on tips” SOUNDS good, though…
open.substack.com/pub/imightbe...
“No tax on tips” SOUNDS good, though…
open.substack.com/pub/imightbe...
Republican, Democrats Unite to Do Dumb, Bad Thing
“No tax on tips” SOUNDS good, though
open.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Republican, Democrats Unite to Do Dumb, Bad Thing
“No tax on tips” SOUNDS good, though…
open.substack.com/pub/imightbe...
“No tax on tips” SOUNDS good, though…
open.substack.com/pub/imightbe...
Carl Jung on avoidance…
May 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Carl Jung on avoidance…
Admitting that “I don’t know” at least once a day will make you a better person.
May 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Admitting that “I don’t know” at least once a day will make you a better person.
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Great Ars article by @bethmariem.bsky.social on RFK Jr.'s rejection of germ theory. Hilariously, he can't even get straight on miasma theory. Less hilariously, many people will die unnecessarily.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.
arstechnica.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Great Ars article by @bethmariem.bsky.social on RFK Jr.'s rejection of germ theory. Hilariously, he can't even get straight on miasma theory. Less hilariously, many people will die unnecessarily.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
How to create a happy, loving, peaceful world? By learning the art of looking. Every time you find yourself irritated or angry with someone, the one to look at is not that person but yourself. The question to ask is what does this irritation tell me about myself? - A. De Mello
May 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
How to create a happy, loving, peaceful world? By learning the art of looking. Every time you find yourself irritated or angry with someone, the one to look at is not that person but yourself. The question to ask is what does this irritation tell me about myself? - A. De Mello
Sometimes in life, even though it's not your fault, it's still your problem.
April 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Sometimes in life, even though it's not your fault, it's still your problem.